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National Probate Calendar coverage extended

Ancestry.co.uk has increased the years covered by the National Probate Calendar of England and Wales.

The National Probate Calendar contains abstracts of wills proved and administrations granted (in cases where a person died without making a will) in the civil probate registries of England and Wales. Ancestry.co.uk has extended its coverage, so that, instead of covering the years 1861-1941, the Calendar now begins in 1858 and extends to 1966.